Most will remember a day not long ago when Apple fanboy’s rose up in viral protest about Apple’s disclosure of having a kill switch embedded in the iPhone to remotely disable malicious applications. Well while Apple hides behind its 10 foot wall of privacy, Google has decided on a much more forthright approach. “Hidden” yet perfectly viewable in the About Phone section of the Android software is … [read full article]
Last week we posted a preview of the Samsung “Behold”, the first all touch-screen phone on T-mobile USA’s network. Ignoring the strange name, we now have “confirmation” that a pink variant of the Behold exists. While this shot isn’t quite the picturesque view we would prefer, it’s sound enough to determine that a pink Behold is headed our way. Notice … [read full article]
Well we’ve seen in the comments and the forums the disbelief among that T-mobile pre-sold 1.5 million G1’s. While we would love to believe such a number as truth, reality sets in and we realize it just isn’t the case. InformationWeek thought the numbers … [read full article]
While we were not fortunate enough to get our hands on a test device we are going to the next best thing and help compile all the G1 reviews you could possibly desire. Engadget Gizmodo Cnet Boygeniusreport Phonedog Androidcommunity Phonenews Mobilecrunch Mobileburn [read full article]
Well today’s news will almost without question be dominated by endless searches of UPS.com. Yet today is also welcome news for Sacramento, California and the fact that they now join the ranks of the 3G elite. Tips are coming in that you are now able to access Magenta’s high speed services. I can only imagine how great this news must be for … [read full article]
So unless you are new to the wireless world or have just been living under a rock you know what next Wednesday is. So for those of you who chose not to do the pre-sale we got ourselves a nice little list of some things to be aware of for next Wednesday: Customers waiting in line will be handed out … [read full article]
Well this phone isn’t really coming as much of a surprise to anyone. We’ve seen an unboxing here, we’ve seen an unboxing there, and that at one point or another its had about 17,000 different code-names. I keed, I keed. We’ve stuck to an October 13th launch date for a while now so … [read full article]
I know from reading the comments and the forums so many of you are among the lucky pre-sale buyers for the G1. Apparently there are quite a few more of you than we previously thought as fool.com is reporting that over 1.5 million G1’s were sold during the pre-sale. The … [read full article]
T-mobile is pulling out all the stops to retake the vaunted top spot in the wireless customer service wars. Introducing, customer service from….the phone!! In a deal with Nuance Communications T-mobile will introduce on select handsets a do it yourself application which initiates when a customer calls customer service. In an effort to streamline “”issues such as diagnosing and repairing configuration problems as well as with … [read full article]
First let me just preface with the irony of today’s G1 video. It comes from an iPhone fan website. The guys at iPhonesavior posted a G1 video today that shows some excellent shots of pacman which is all I really want the phone for anyway. Just kidding but we do get great shots, however, of the market, google street view along with a few other goodies. As usual I prefer the video … [read full article]
Last month we gave some preview information about the Blackberry Curve II formerly known as the Javelin. Now thanks to the guys at Crackberry we have video. Without further ado: If the Curve II doesn’t fancy you, don’t forget the Blackberry Kickstart 8220 Pearl launches Monday. Head out to Crackberry.com for the rest … [read full article]
A few lucky employees have much to the jealousy of T-mobile fans everywhere gotten some hands on time with the G1 and have posted their musings on the forums. One such user Sol Glow has posted his thoughts and impressions AND has been more than kind enough to keep a thread going with a Q&A session. Initial Start Up With that said the first screen you’re faced with is … [read full article]
